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    Austin bakery at center of gun rights debate after evicting customer with concealed weapon | Fox News

    An Austin-area bakery has announced that it will be shutting down its Facebook account after a recent incident turned its Yelp and Facebook pages into a full-blown gun rights debate.

    About a year and a half ago, the Baguette et Chocolat in Bee Cave, Texas, made the decision to ban open and concealed carry in its shop. But one customer, Robert Farago, forgot to leave his gun in his car during a recent visit, and entered the shop with a handgun visible under his T-shirt. The owners then dialed 311, which dispatched two police officers to remove Farago.

    In response, Farago — who also serves as an editor for a website called The Truth About Guns — penned an article about the experience on Sept. 16, lamenting that the owners didn’t just “ask me to leave and/or disarm.”
     

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    Bakery owner says, "We don't want to deal with it," he said. "We just want to focus on our French bakery."

    Yeah, well he brought it up and made it an issue, and now he's dealing with it.
     

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    He CC'd into a place that posted the legal 30.06 and 7 signs.

    Yeah, I can't exactly fault the owner for calling the police for someone breaking the law in his shop. The signs are there, this guy ignored the signs, he's in the shop... law abider he wasn't...

    But, then again, was he a threat? Was it necessary to involve LE?


    Is it right that the shop owner is now being harassed for doing what he's allowed by law? Those emails and FB comments should go to Austin where the real problem is.
     

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    Bakery owner says, "We don't want to deal with it," he said. "We just want to focus on our French bakery."

    Yeah, well he brought it up and made it an issue, and now he's dealing with it.
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    He posted signs, per his rights under the law, someone else chose to break the law... Doesn't he have the right as a business owner?
     

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    The owner COULD have just asked the guy to leave but opted to let the cops deal with a lawbreaker. I believe that's the end of story. Could it have been handled better? Perhaps. The carrier has a blog or some other sort of public forum advocating for gun right is it possible he needed a new topic for his show and decided to take on the baker?

    Bottom line imho, baker's store; baker's rules.
     

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    The proprietor posted signs as per code, thus was in the right (legally). Though be it, involving LEO probable over zealous. I am a proponent for property rights, in as much the 2A. I lived in Texas for many years, and Austin has been a bastion for such diminuitive assaults upon human morality. So goes the way of the populace.
     

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    Did anyone else read the thread title and think this was a story about Austin, IN?
     

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    Sure, the owner had the LEGAL right to call the police.
    But unless the concealed carrier was a perceived threat, the owner should've just quietly asked the man to leave.
    It would've caused the owner a lot less trouble in the long run, "discretion being the better part of valor" and all.
     

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    You want to post signs, fine that's your right. Get flamed online, lose business, etc. Don't complain about it.
     

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    You want to post signs, fine that's your right. Get flamed online, lose business, etc. Don't complain about it.

    Yep and don't complain about getting the cops called on you when you know the signs are there and have discussed it with the owner previously, yet still carry in the place.
     

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    Did anyone else read the thread title and think this was a story about Austin, IN?
    Yes, then I wondered "When did they get a bakery?"

    No, but only because Austin, IN doesn't have a bakery.
    And BBI nails it, again...

    As for the incident - The property was correctly posted with signs, so the business owners were within their rights to call for someone breaking the law. They had probably been down this road before with other people and felt this was their best course of action.

    With the carrier having had a prior conversation with the owner about this topic, they knew what they were doing was against the wishes of the business owners and the law. The carrier has a platform that they can use to cry out as a victim, but they have no right to do so (IMO) because they did it knowing that they were breaking their rules and the local laws.
     

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    Sure, the owner had the LEGAL right to call the police.
    But unless the concealed carrier was a perceived threat, the owner should've just quietly asked the man to leave.
    It would've caused the owner a lot less trouble in the long run, "discretion being the better part of valor" and all.

    IF the owner of the shop didn't want to deal with it he should have just STFU and dumped some donuts.
    I agree with the "Owner Rules" but his explanation doesn't jive with the line of events. Seems like a Cover your Arse to me.
     
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